In-between lessons, Jeri ran up to Takato's desk.
"Hey Takato," she greeted him. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure, go ahead..."
"Thanks. Well, you know that I haven't been as good with Digimon like you and Rika, so I wondered if you could tell me something: When a Digimon evolves, it changes into a stronger form, right?"
"Yeah, so?"
"And it becomes stronger, learns new abilities and stuff..."
"That's right... but you knew all that, do you?"
"Yeah, sure, but... I just wondered... when you and Guilmon biomerge to form Gallantmon, you're becoming a Digimon, right?"
"Well, I guess you could say that."
"So that means humans can turn into Digimon, become stronger and get new attacks, huh?"
The goggle-wearing boy scratched his head. "Um, that's one way to see it, I suppose..."
She seemed to be excited for some reason. "And... when you turn into Gallantmon... what's it like?"
"Well, at first, it's a massive rush with all that power flowing through me... and the feeling how Guilmon and I become one is awesome. I mean, Gallantmon is a Mega Digimon, you know? One of the strongest. After biomerging, I always get the feeling like I'd be able to do anything. A Digimon is more powerful than a human, and a Mega Digimon is much, much more powerful than a Rookie, see?"
Jeri nodded with gleaming eyes. "Yeah, I understand. Thank you, Takato! You really helped me out!"
And while she happily skipped back to her desk, Takato could only wonder.
"Well, perhaps she just wants to start playing cards again... Would be great if she did. Maybe I can challenge her to a game..."
But not today, he decided. He wanted to concentrate on his new game first. Luckily, he'd have a free period, and sometimes the teacher would allow him to go to the computer lab.
Okay, now he had some great characters, created a small scene and even a mysterious NPC... Now what he really needed was a good main plot and some villains...
"Takato!" his teacher called him. "Are you dreaming? The lesson has started!"
"Um... sorry, ma'am," he muttered and changed his focus on today's lesson's subject.
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Takato peered into the computer lab. Luckily, the room was empty. Should allow him to work on his game uninterrupted.
He pulled out the CD of his game and logged himself into his own version of the game at home. That was one of the game's really useful features: Availability over the Internet.
"Okay..." he murmured after opening the corresponding menus. "I know I'll need a main villain... someone who plans to use Digimon for his own goals..."
Hey, it has been used before, but as long as it works...
He then figured he should include the transformative abilities of his main characters into the story. "Let's see... the Digimon Hybrids are former Tamers that learn that they are half Digimon... because one of their parents is a Digimon, while the other one's a human... Yes, that's it!"
Then he realized something: "Hmmm... means I have to determine which type of Digimon their parents are..."
Okay, now he had to take care of the parents... which meant he had to design some more NPCs.
To save some time, he used the original parents of Rika and Henry as templates. Okay, he knew nothing of Rika's father... so it was no problem turning him into a Digimon.
He decided to make him a male Taomon, the evolved form of Renamon, the only Digimon with a vulpine evolution line he knew. Of course he wouldn't be able to evolve into Sakuyamon (a female), but he would take care of that problem later...
He changed Taomon's costume to a slightly more male version and turned its colors from white to blue.
Afterwards, Harmony aka Dachsmon's parents...
This time, he decided to design another new Digimon, one called Sheperdmon. As a canine Digi-Hybrid, it was only logical to make one of her parents a dog-like Digimon as well. But, it would still be a humanoid one. This time, he decided to use Harmony's mother.
And finally, Cubmon...
Well...
Somehow when thinking of a parent for a leonine Jeri, he couldn't help but think about her deceased Digimon partner, Leomon. And because this picture of a parental Leomon guarding over his younger, unexperienced Hybrid daughter wouldn't vanish out of his mind, he chose to make Cubmon's father a Leomon.
He nodded. Yes, that would be sufficient for now. He still wanted to make some villains, but that had to wait... he had to hurry to his final period.
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In the Kato household, Jeri's father looked up from his work. He always took some of his work back home, so he was always a little inattentive, but he could have sworn he had heard a voice.
There... there was it again...
"Please..." The strong, male voice seemed to come from deep within his soul. "I need your help... we need to protect Jeri..."
He dropped his pen. "Jeri?" he gasped. "What's wrong with my child? Is she in trouble? You're a... Digimon, aren't you?"
In his past, Tadashi Kato had made many mistakes regarding the upbringing of his daughter... and look at how she ended up within D-Reaper.
He wasn't going to make that mistake again. "Please, whoever you are... I'll do anything! Just make sure that my little girl is fine!"
The voice didn't respond, but suddenly, Tadashi felt strangely warm and comfortable...
Shizue Kato opened the door leading to the dojo. "Honey?" she asked. "Are you all right?"
Tadashi Leomon Kato ended his kata, turned around to face his wife and nodded. "Yes, I'm fine. I just felt restless today, so I... had to let off some steam."
Shizue smiled at her husband. "You always push yourself too much with your exercises... Why don't you stop for a while and have some tea?"
Jeri's father nodded while sitting down on the ground. "Yes, I guess I'll do that."
But still, while sipping at his tea, the Champion Digimon couldn't help but worry about his daughter.
'Jeri...' he thought. 'Very soon, your digital heritage will come forth...'
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